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That’s right! While this statistic speaks well of the WordPress ease and functionality, it also makes this platform the most targeted type of platform for hackers to attack.

WordPress is also easy for the non-technical business owner. The business owner, or his web designer rarely sets up security for his website, making the website an easy target. Over 85% of website owners don’t know how vulnerable their website is, until they have been hacked. Sadly, it’s not even personal. A hacker ‘invests’ in a software program that unleashes the malware, which visits millions of websites. Websites that are vulnerable get attacked.read more…

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There are many types of malware. Within these types, there are hundreds and thousands of variations. Here are a few and how they operate:VirusA virus is a malware program that, when activated or executed, inserts copies or modified copies of itself areas of your computer including: programs, data files, or the boot sector of your hard drive. When activated, these affected areas get infected. Kinda like someone has a cold and spreads it…and some people get it bad and others don’t. There are many ways a virus can infect your website, all require requiring the hacker to access to the Web server in some way or another. The hacker usually accomplishes access through virus spread through emails and program to a personal computer logging keystrokes of the personal computer. When logging into their web hosting account, their password is cataloged into a database automatically and the account is hacked. Sound crazy, but if you want proof, download Ghostery for free and see whose tracking you. Surprise when you have 5-20 friends you never knew existed spying on you.

WormComputer worms are similar to viruses in that they replicate themselves and can cause the same type of damage. In contrast to viruses, which require the spreading of an infected host file, worms are standalone software and do not require a host program or human help to propagate. To spread, worms either exploit a vulnerability on the target system or use some kind of social engineering to trick users into executing them. A worm enters a computer through a vulnerability in the system and takes advantage of file-transport or information-transport features on the system, allowing it to travel unaided.

TrojanA Trojan is another type of malware named after the wooden horse the Greeks used to infiltrate Troy. It is a harmful piece of software that looks legitimate. Users are typically tricked into loading and executing it on their systems. After it is activated, it can achieve any number of attacks on the host, from irritating the user (popping up windows or changing desktops) to damaging the host (deleting files, stealing data, or activating and spreading other malware, such as viruses). Trojans are also known to create back doors to give malicious users access to the system.

Spam Typically website spam is for comments and reviews. The spammers’ aim is not to redirect some of your traffic to their site, which is the obvious initial conclusion; it is to increase their (or their clients’) ranking in search engines. Most search engines now count in a site’s ranking how many other Websites have linked to it. By leaving comments on your site, the spammers’ sites can achieve a slightly higher search engine ranking.

The spammers’ job is to get around spam-blockers and target the security of individual Websites; though occasionally they do so on a manual basis, by far the most common forms of comment spam are achieved with spam “bots” or scripts. Unfortunately, many site owners don’t focus on their Websites as their day job, which can make adapting to spam bots difficult.

SQL InjectionSQL injection is a code injection technique, used to attack data-driven applications, in which malicious SQL statements are inserted into an entry field for execution (e.g. to dump the database contents to the attacker).[1] SQL injection must exploit a security vulnerability in an application’s software, for example, when user input is either incorrectly filtered for string literalescape characters embedded in SQL statements or user input is not strongly typed and unexpectedly executed. SQL injection is mostly known as an attack vector for websites but can be used to attack any type of SQL database. In a 2012 study, security company Imperva observed that the average web application received 4 attack campaigns per month, and retailers received twice as many attacks as other industries.

BackdoorBackdoor is an undocumented way of accessing a system, bypassing the normal authentication mechanisms. Some back doors are placed in the software by the original programmer and others are placed on systems through a system compromise, such as a virus or worm. Usually, attackers use back doors for easier and continued access to a system after it has been compromised.

Darkleech gained momentum and is reported to be the most common web-based malware of 2014. It had already affected more than 40,000 website IPs and domains in 2013. Some of the most prominent websites affected by Darkleech include Seagate and the Los Angeles Times.

2015 Darkleech

and guess what….Darkleech is baaaaack….Sucuri has reported on March 26, 2015:

Darkleech compromised web servers were responsible for delivering some exceptionally serious malware, including Nymaim ransomware, which encrypted users’ files and demanded a $300 payment to provide the key. Wow. The extortion seen in the movies. If that doesn’t beat all. As a footnote, ten of our (Geeks Marketing) websites were attacked and forever changed the way we do WordPress Security.

WordPress Security isn’t that difficult if it’s continuously maintained. It’s the art of continuous scanning, looking for anomalies, updating, cleansing, and good website housekeeping (webmaster tools) that also has the additional benefits of ranking higher in the search engines.

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Zeus Keylogger is a malware program which steals a user\'s private information recording keystrokes. When the FBI discovered the Eastern Europe hackers, they had collected nearly 100 million dollars from US accounts and are serving jail time. However, it\'s scary, as most security analysts believe it is just “sleeping” and waiting for it to strike again.

The I LOVE YOU worm infects image files, destroy storage partitions and emails itself to an additional fifty recipients. And because everybody wants to be loved, it was opened by millions and caused billions in damages infecting 10% of the world\'s networked computers.

One of the most sophisticated malware ever found, the Stuxnet worm was believe passed through a usb drive. This worm laid dormant until certain criteria were met and and then unleashed code that attacked in three phases. The Stuxnet worm, infected the software of at least 14 industrial sites in Iran, including a nuclear facility. Stuxnet reportedly ruined almost 20% of Iran\'s nuclear centrifuges.